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Why is Debian the way it is?
(blog.liw.fi)
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.
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Its just so debian. Every time I look at it I just can't believe how debian it is.
It is not different from pretty much any other distribution. You must tryst your upstream. If distro decided to get root access to a box it is has simpler way to achieve it.